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Volunteers plant 109,000 trees in new woodlands
Lancashire's woodland partnership also planted 27,233 metres of new hedges and 61 orchards; the Burnley Express has a bigger tree number.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Vera Bullock on BBN After HoursPublished
Photo: Peter McDermott · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 2.0Watch it as it aired: Dr. Nina Byte and Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN After Hours at 2:22 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are BBC's, the jokes are ours.
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- First reported by BBC: “Volunteers plant 109,000 trees in new woodlands”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 2:22 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Dr. Nina Byte and Vera Bullock.
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Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, I have to ask. Volunteers planted a hundred and nine thousand trees, so what actually happened?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAcross Lancashire, more than a hundred and nine thousand trees went into new woodland over the last year, plus twenty-seven thousand two hundred thirty-three metres of hedges, says the county council.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPerfect. But the Burnley Express says two hundred seventy-one thousand four hundred eighteen. Which number is it?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe paper's figure is for the latest planting season, and the council's is for the last year.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAlmost half a million trees went in over two seasons.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHalf a million. So nobody lost any.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNot that anyone has said.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd what happens next? More than twelve hundred volunteers helped, so do I get a shovel?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe partnership keeps going under the county's nature recovery strategy. I've decided the real number is whichever one you can say at a pageant.
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